Ah, but are they born for combat, or just made to perform at it? That was my question, though not explicitly, tis true.
To get a buma high - have him inhale. They have to have oxy-in/co2-out exchange going on somewhere to support biological components, and while thye might be NBC sealable for hostile environments, simple cost efficiency would demand the normal mode of operation access the outside atmosphere, I would think. The 33S being more like a vatgrown human with lots of implants is a special case, but I seem to recall a waitress-type buma from ADPolice Files (2027 era, not the recent remake that goes with Megatokyo 2040) explicitly shown breathing, human-style. Of course, then we jump to Crash where there's loads of el cheapo buma running around, who are VERY robotic and most definitely do NOT visibly breathe, if they even use that type of lung arrangement at all instead of a constant-flow system... so I guess it depends on the model of buma.
Dammit, now I'm going to have to map this out for my own series, just to keep it from preying on my mind. Cynthia could definitely use oral, inhaled, or even injected rec chem, due to being designed to be externally indistinguishable from human, dermal patches would probably work too but not be so effective due to differences in the adsorbtion characteristics of synthskin vs real skin... Grumblemutterdammitstuckinmyhead...
- CD, and of course, none of that neccessarily holds true for DWII
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
To get a buma high - have him inhale. They have to have oxy-in/co2-out exchange going on somewhere to support biological components, and while thye might be NBC sealable for hostile environments, simple cost efficiency would demand the normal mode of operation access the outside atmosphere, I would think. The 33S being more like a vatgrown human with lots of implants is a special case, but I seem to recall a waitress-type buma from ADPolice Files (2027 era, not the recent remake that goes with Megatokyo 2040) explicitly shown breathing, human-style. Of course, then we jump to Crash where there's loads of el cheapo buma running around, who are VERY robotic and most definitely do NOT visibly breathe, if they even use that type of lung arrangement at all instead of a constant-flow system... so I guess it depends on the model of buma.
Dammit, now I'm going to have to map this out for my own series, just to keep it from preying on my mind. Cynthia could definitely use oral, inhaled, or even injected rec chem, due to being designed to be externally indistinguishable from human, dermal patches would probably work too but not be so effective due to differences in the adsorbtion characteristics of synthskin vs real skin... Grumblemutterdammitstuckinmyhead...
- CD, and of course, none of that neccessarily holds true for DWII
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows